Ocean Diamond accidents and incidents
CruiseMapper's Ocean Diamond cruise ship accidents, incidents and law news reports relate to a 251-passenger vessel owned by Bridgemans Floatels (Icebreakers). Our Ocean Diamond accidents page contains reports made by using official data from renown online news media sources, US Coast Guard and Wikipedia.
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- propulsion/power loss – 2008 (Antarctica)
The vessel was previously operated under the names Song of Flower, Explorer Starship, Le Diamant, and Ocean Diamond.
13 December 2008Propulsion / Power Loss(MS Le Diamant) On December 13, 2008, while navigating in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the vessel encountered strong winds and suffered structural damages (to the stern-mounted Zodiac landing platform). It also suffered partial power loss, as 1 of its 2 diesel engines failed. The rest of the Antarctica cruise was cancelled by Ponant Cruises. The ship returned directly back to homeport Ushuaia Argentina for repairs, before the next scheduled departure (Dec 20), which was not affected. |
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